Hildy — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hildy

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Hildy between 1949 and 2018, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hildy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hildy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hildy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hildy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hildy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 201 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.